Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
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"A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew—what an utterly compelling and deeplysatisfying read!" —Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and David Grann's The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff's masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII.
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Aerial operations, American
Aircraft accidents
Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea
Airplane crash survival
Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea
History
History, Modern -- 1945-1989
HISTORY / Military / World War II
HISTORY / Oceania
Military
Missing in action
Nonfiction
Primitive societies
Primitive societies -- New Guinea
Search and rescue operations
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- New Guinea
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Search and rescue operations
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States
Aircraft accidents
Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea
Airplane crash survival
Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea
History
History, Modern -- 1945-1989
HISTORY / Military / World War II
HISTORY / Oceania
Military
Missing in action
Nonfiction
Primitive societies
Primitive societies -- New Guinea
Search and rescue operations
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- New Guinea
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Search and rescue operations
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States
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9780061988349
9780307917263
9780062087140
9780062072801
9780307917263
9780062087140
9780062072801
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title_display | Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Lost in Shangri-La : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II [electronic resource] / Mitchell Zuckoff, Lost in Shangri-La A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II, Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II / Mitchell Zuckoff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Lost in Shangri-la : | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Aerial operations, American, Aircraft accidents, Airplane crash survival, HISTORY / Oceania, History, Military, Missing in action, Nonfiction, Primitive societies, Search and rescue operations, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, World War, 1939-1945 |